A small and nicely arranged museum about a popular Dutch writer, teacher, unionist, politician and educator Theo Thijssen (1879-1943) and Amsterdam of his times. The museum revokes his popular in the Netherlands books and the atmosphere of the city a century ago. The Museum feels like organized at home, as it is arranged in two rooms of the house which is a modern reconstruction of the one, in which Theo Thijssen has been born. In most of his novels the neighbourhood of his youth plays a permanent role.

The original house has literally fallen apart fifteen years ago. English speaking staff will provide you with explanations as the exhibit is in Dutch. Nonetheless, a place with a very local taste, for Amsterdam history fanatics.

Visiting address

Eerste Leliedwarsstraat 16
1015 TA Amsterdam
phone: +31 20 290 71 19

Director
Jan Carmiggelt

Opening hours

Thursday – Sunday, 12 AM – 5 PM: For groups the museum also opens on request.

Admission € 2

Sights in the Jordaan

• Markets
• Anne Frank House
• Western tower and Western church
• Noorderkerk (Northern church)
• Houseboat museum
• Pianola museum
• Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica